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In the kitchen, an ingredient’s taste is sometimes less important than its function. Cornstarch has rescued many a watery gravy; gelatin turns juice to Jell-O. Yet the substances that make bread fluffy, hold mayonnaise together, and keep the cream in ice cream have, according to the new stance of the United States government, “no culinary use.”
These natural and synthetic substances, called emulsifiers, are added to processed foods to give them the textures that Americans have come to love. They’ve also become targets in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to remove many food additives from the American diet. The “Make America Healthy Again” report, published in May, groups emulsifiers with other additives, some of which it says are linked to mental disorders, metabolic syndrome, and cancer. Online, the MAHA crowd echoes claims that emulsifiers are helping drive America’s chronic health problems.
Like seed oils and food dyes, emulsifiers have raised some real health concerns, particularly about gut health. But distinguishing their ill effects from those of the foods they’re in is challenging—and probably a distraction from the diet changes that would really make Americans healthier.
I get the concern, but the standard emulsifier in mayo is egg yolk. Something tells me they aren’t trying to get rid of eggs.
No, it’s not
Or maybe I should say, that’s not mayo. Real mayo is extremely hard to find these days
Something tells me they aren’t trying to get rid of eggs.
That’s a bold assumption with this administration lol
Tomorrow’s headline: “In move to lower price of eggs, Trump administration has decided to ban eggs”
Apparently the Republicans think that the only bread we should be eating is unleavened bread. I think we can all agree that Republicans are fucking nut jobs. I’m curious to see what the nation says when we cannot buy bread. Will we choose to kill these disgusting Republicans or will we choose to just continue letting them destroy everything?
If we can’t get bread, maybe we’ll finally start consuming the long pork that is rich in flavor.
Here’s another emulsifier: mustard. Put a little dab of it in your vinaigrette dressing, shake it up, and it doesn’t separate anymore. Much better in terms of combining the flavors and keeping it together on whatever you’re putting it on. But sure - “no culinary use”. Fucking wonder-bread, Diet Coke, well-done-steak-with-ketchup culinary philistines.
